Arch saved his best for last, shattering the track record with a time of 1:05.96 in the final. Bonhomme came close, leading after the first interval but couldn’t keep up the pace and finished second in 1:06.59, 0.63 seconds behind Arch. Chambliss was 3.03 behind the Austrian in 1:08.99 while Britain’s Nigel Lamb was fourth in 1:13.34 after hitting a pylon in the final.

Matt Hall skims the water in round one of the qualification Windsor 2010

June 5, 2010 by Rob Vogelaar · Leave a Comment

Windsor, Canada

Matt Hall skims the water but just pulls the plane up out of the water! Steve Jones says: “We see it (Hall’s plane) overbanks and a little bit of a wing stall as he’s in that turn and the airplane starts to descend. He unloads the wing but that puts him near the water…he skims off the water and flies away. Very safe, sensible flying by Matt Hall after that incident.”

Hall touches the water in the track but controls it well and makes it back to the airport safely. The plane is damaged but will be recoverable. Matt Hall says: “Our game plane is to get some rest for now. “I haven’t had a look at the aircraft yet. I went straight to medical for some checks as is the normal procedure. I’m about to go and check the plane now. The main damage is on the right aileron. I think the plane is not that badly damaged. It’s going to be a matter of replacing parts. Fingers crossed that we can pull the team back together.”

Paul Bonhomme hits the last gate! He would have been first. That late pylon hit drops Bonhomme down to 8th place! Nigel Lamb wins the first round of the qualification, Lamb is 2.48 seconds ahead of Hannes Arch at the first interval but then gets a 2 second penalty for flying too high right after that.Round 1

Rank NameNationStart SpeedQ1 P1 Q2 P2 Rnd.TimeDiff.PenMax G

1

Lamb Nigel

GBR

364 kph

1:12.39

2

Q1

1:12.39

2

10,4 g

2

Arch Hannes

AUT

361 kph

1:12.71

2

Q1

1:12.71

+ 0.32

2

11,0 g

3

McLeod Pete

CAN

366 kph

1:14.23

0

Q1

1:14.23

+ 1.84

0

10,2 g

4

Goulian Michael

USA

354 kph

1:14.40

0

Q1

1:14.40

+ 2.01

0

10,9 g

5

Chambliss Kirby

USA

351 kph

1:16.56

4

Q1

1:16.56

+ 4.17

4

10,7 g

6

Sonka Martin

CZE

353 kph

1:16.59

0

Q1

1:16.59

+ 4.20

0

9,2 g

7

Besenyei Peter

HUN

347 kph

1:16.62

0

Q1

1:16.62

+ 4.23

0

10,2 g

8

Bonhomme Paul

GBR

354 kph

1:17.83

6

Q1

1:17.83

+ 5.44

6

10,4 g

9

Rakhmanin Sergey

RUS

359 kph

1:19.08

4

Q1

1:19.08

+ 6.69

4

9,8 g

10

Dolderer Matthias

GER

347 kph

1:21.87

8

Q1

1:21.87

+ 9.48

8

10,6 g

11

Maclean Alejandro

ESP

376 kph

1:23.33

10

Q1

1:23.33

+ 10.94

10

9,9 g

12

Hall Matt

AUS

354 kph

DSQ

Q1

DSQ

11,3 g

13

Ivanoff Nicolas

FRA

353 kph

DSQ

Q1

DSQ

9,8 g

14

Muroya Yoshihide

JPN

DNS

DNS

Q1

DNS

Round 2

RankNameNationInt. 1Int. 2Int. 3TimeDiff.Pen

1

Lamb Nigel

GBR

19.23

31.45

48.50

1:09.64

0

2

Bonhomme Paul

GBR

19.11

31.78

48.62

1:10.11

+ 0.47

0

3

Maclean Alejandro

ESP

20.63

33.67

51.23

1:13.11

+ 3.47

0

4

Dolderer Matthias

GER

20.62

33.21

51.17

1:13.13

+ 3.49

0

5

McLeod Pete

CAN

19.63

32.65

50.59

1:13.78

+ 4.14

0

6

Chambliss Kirby

USA

19.75

32.85

50.37

1:14.57

+ 4.93

2

7

Besenyei Peter

HUN

22.61

36.43

55.15

1:17.55

+ 7.91

2

8

Goulian Michael

USA

20.11

35.69

53.52

1:18.44

+ 8.80

4

9

Ivanoff Nicolas

FRA

22.27

35.54

54.14

1:18.69

+ 9.05

4

10

Rakhmanin Sergey

RUS

22.44

37.89

56.59

1:19.65

+ 10.01

4

11

Sonka Martin

CZE

21.44

36.88

55.30

1:25.94

+ 16.30

8

12

Arch Hannes

AUT

18.96

31.27

48.33

DSQ

13

Hall Matt

AUS

DNS

14

Muroya Yoshihide

JPN

DNS

Overal Results Qualification

RankNameNationInt. 1Int. 2Int. 3Rnd.TimeDiff.Pen

1

Lamb Nigel

GBR

19.23

31.45

48.50

Q2

1:09.64

0

2

Bonhomme Paul

GBR

19.11

31.78

48.62

Q2

1:10.11

+ 0.47

0

3

Arch Hannes

AUT

21.67

34.10

51.00

Q1

1:12.71

+ 3.07

2

4

Maclean Alejandro

ESP

20.63

33.67

51.23

Q2

1:13.11

+ 3.47

0

5

Dolderer Matthias

GER

20.62

33.21

51.17

Q2

1:13.13

+ 3.49

0

6

McLeod Pete

CAN

19.63

32.65

50.59

Q2

1:13.78

+ 4.14

0

7

Goulian Michael

USA

20.60

33.96

51.76

Q1

1:14.40

+ 4.76

0

8

Chambliss Kirby

USA

19.75

32.85

50.37

Q2

1:14.57

+ 4.93

2

9

Sonka Martin

CZE

20.99

34.79

53.45

Q1

1:16.59

+ 6.95

0

10

Besenyei Peter

HUN

20.69

34.75

53.54

Q1

1:16.62

+ 6.98

0

11

Ivanoff Nicolas

FRA

22.27

35.54

54.14

Q2

1:18.69

+ 9.05

4

12

Rakhmanin Sergey

RUS

22.59

37.87

56.21

Q1

1:19.08

+ 9.44

4

13

Hall Matt

AUS

19.08

32.24

49.84

Q1

DSQ

14

Muroya Yoshihide

JPN

Q1

DNS

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